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NY Daily News
| 8 months ago
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney stacked the audience at the recent Univision presidential forum with Republican activists to ensure he would get a raucous welcome when he hit the room, one of the moderators claims. Mitt also pitched a fit just...
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Towleroad
| 8 months ago
The release of Mitt Romney's 2011 tax return provides Democrats with plenty of material to use in their efforts to raise red flags about Romney's economic ethics. Among the details found in the documents and included in a new Obama campaign video...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Fairfax, Va., Sept. 13, 2012. Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential nominee Mitt Romney needs to use his debates with President Obama to turn the race around, former Romney rival Newt Gingrich...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
Pundits, political partisans, and amateur CPA's are poring over the numbers in Mitt Romney's tax returns. What's missing, tax experts say, are the details of Romney's retirement account from Bain Capital, including investments in offshore accounts in...
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Associated Press
| 8 months ago
Some Republicans say that's a key problem with Romney's campaign: He is trying to do too much. These critics argue that Romney's job is to inspire voters, not manage every detail of his campaign. Romney's leadership style has been honed over decades...
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Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released his long-promised 2011 tax return, capping a rough week dominated by a leaked, secretly recorded video of his remarks on the poor that threatened to draw an even sharper contrast between the...
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NY Daily News
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney pledged months ago he'd release last year's tax returns around now, but timing is everything: Friday's document dump is all about trying to salvage yet another lousy week for the GOP nominee...Particularly when the candidate and his...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
It's doing a very good job, Romney said in an interview with Scott Pelley of CBS' 60 Minutes...And -- and I want to make it very clear, I want to help 100% of the American people. Romney was, of course, referring to the clandestine video in which he...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Japan played the role of bogeyman. Tokyo's rising trade surplus with Washington came to symbolise fears of declining American competitiveness. And US presidential candidates vied with each other over who could be tougher...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney's release of his 2011 tax return Friday seemed unlikely to satisfy Democrats -- including President Obama -- intent on making the former business executive's wealth and tax history an issue. Within minutes of the release, the Obama...
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Truthdig
| 8 months ago
A survey conducted between Sept. 12 and Sept. 16 by the Pew Research Center before the 47 percent victim video came to light showed Obama ahead of Romney 51% to 43% among likely voters. That's the biggest margin in the September survey prior to a...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Fairfax, Va., Sept. 13, 2012. Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney and his wife Ann paid $1.9 million in taxes on $13.7 million in income in 2011, the Republican presidential nominee's campaign said Friday.
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
After months of pressure, Mitt Romney has released more tax information, which confirms that the Romneys are rich. But he'd probably be a billionaire if he hadn't gone into public service. Mitt Romney 's personal income-tax records confirm the...
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The Daily Sentinel
| 8 months ago
The Republican presidential candidate plans to hold a rally Sunday evening in Denver and then speak to supporters on Monday in Pueblo. A rally there was canceled last weekend after a fatal small plane crash at the city's airport. Sunday's rally at D'...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
President Obama hit back at his GOP rival on Friday in a punchy speech that mocked his GOP opponent's claim that he's more likely to deliver change to Washington. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had pounced on the president for saying he had...
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Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands on his campaign plane en route to Las Vegas on Friday. (AP Photo) Romney aides on Friday said the Republican presidential nominee would give the public a look at his finished tax forms. Ahead of...
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Gawker
| 8 months ago
How Much Does a Minimum-Wage Family Need to Work to Be Personally Responsible'? In Mitt Romney's almost comically offensive leaked speech , in which he says that the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income taxes feel entitled to wild luxuries...
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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama is seeking to turn the tables on Mitt Romney by dismissing his presidential rival's claim that he can change Washington from the inside. Obama asked: "What kind of an inside job is he talking about?"Obama told supporters at a...
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New York Observer
| 8 months ago
The world will get a look at Mitt Romney's 2011 tax return this afternoon at 3 p.m...Mr. Romney's taxes have been the subject of relentless attacks by the Obama campaign, which has called for the Republican candidate to release at least five years of...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
Curiously, the polls of battleground states show President Obama leading Mitt Romney by wider margins than do national polls.
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Aim West Milford
| 8 months ago
IN THE AGE of ubiquitous cellphones with video capabilities, unless you are alone with your spouse in your own home, in a windowless room no less, never say anything that could not appear on the Huffington Post...Mitt Romney is no fool, so I can find...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney's stuttering bid for the US presidency suffered yet another setback on Thursday as his campaign co-chairman announced that he was quitting, leading to accusations that he was "deserting a sinking ship". Tim Pawlenty, who was on Romney's...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney spent much of Thursday out of public view, huddling with advisers and speaking to donors at three high-dollar fundraisers, even as prominent conservatives griped about Romney's spare schedule. Romney held one public rally Thursday,...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
At the end of August, Republican Mitt Romney had about $50.4 million to spend on the final months of the campaign, though reports released Thursday showed he owed $15 million on a loan taken that month. Romney took out a $20 million loan in late...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
President Obama said today that Mitt Romney's suggestion that 47% of Americans see themselves as victims suggests that his GOP rival hasn't "gotten around a lot." Obama's fresh tweak of Romney, who has been grappling with the fallout of the release...
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The Tribune
| 8 months ago
Romney victory wouldn't end health care fight Romney victory wouldn't end health care fight Republican nominee Mitt Romney has promised he will push for a repeal of "Obamacare" beginning on his first day in office if he wins the election. Obama and...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
But while he might like it less than Democrats do, Romney clearly believes in redistribution, too. Scrambling to change the subject from his now infamous remarks calling 47 percent of the population victims, Mitt Romney has jumped on a newly...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
At first glance, the latest polls don't look good for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. A Gallup survey shows his '47 percent' remarks cost him some support among independent voters. But it's weeks until the election, and that effect may not...
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The Onion
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney asked a group of top advisers Wednesday whether it would be worth going after Obama by questioning the nation of his birth. What about that whole deal with his birth certificate, or him being born in Kenya...
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The Gleaner
| 8 months ago
Photo by Nati Harnik (File Photo) Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop in Orange City, Iowa, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) Mitt Romney has settled on a curious campaign...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
Archive Recent Posts September 19 It remains unclear precisely how Mitt Romney's views on redistribution differ from those of Barack Obama. September 19 In a new ad, the Romney campaign highlights economic statistics that, standing on their own,...
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Perez Hilton
| 8 months ago
According to Mitt Romney 's own logic, Mitt Romney could not win the vote of his dad." We're not sure if the Republican presidential nominee can get back in the good graces of the majority of Americans after he blatantly disregarded 47% of them, but...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he would represent 100% of Americans, striving to dampen a controversy that has dogged him since Monday, when video surfaced of him saying nearly half the nation's voters were dependent on the government and would...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
Archive Recent Posts September 19 Mitt Romney's campaign released an ad highlighting the drop in average household income in the context of the Obama presidency. September 19 At a news conference on Capitol Hill, Republican Senate leaders declined to...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
The repost comes in light of a leaked video of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney commenting on the 47 percent. My most popular blog post, by a long shot, was this one in July 2011 explaining why almost half of Americans paid no federal...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
Many agree about slippage in 'good jobs.' Under fire for telling campaign donors that 47 percent of Americans are "dependent on government" and pay no income taxes, presidential candidate Mitt Romney has offered this clarification: What he wants is...
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Boston Globe
| 8 months ago
The Romney campaign needed a $20 million loan last month to get through the primary season because the bulk of its remaining funds were earmarked for the general election and could not be spent until Romney accepted the Republican nomination on Aug.
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
The uproar over Mitt Romney's remarks that 47 percent of Americans see themselves as 'victims' and feel entitled to government support is an opportunity to emphasize how Romney differs from Obama over the role of government, they say...It doesn't do...
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AKI
| 8 months ago
The chief Palestinian negotiator in the Mideast peace process Wednesday blasted remarks by US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney that a two-state solution was impossible as Palestinians were sworn to enmity with Israel. "The accusations made by US...
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Towleroad
| 8 months ago
Jon Stewart explains why, according to Mitt Romney's '47 percent' logic, he could not win the vote of his own dad, and takes a look at Romney's 'sinking ship' body language. Addressing a leaked video, Mitt Romney's words say "No big deal, I want to...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
Following the release of a video from one of presidential candidate Mitt Romney's fundraisers, some commentators question his campaign strategy, while others defend him.
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Reuters
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at campaign fundraiser in Dallas, Texas September 18, 2012. The surreptitious video recording of a fundraiser held for Republican Mitt Romney in May provided a rare...
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Hollywood insider
| 8 months ago
James Hibberd Jimmy Fallon is taking a swing at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's leaked video controversy. On tonight's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , the comedian spoofs Romney's hastily assembled press conference where he defended...
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Reuters
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign fundraiser in Salt Lake City, Utah September 18, 2012...Senate candidates in close races disowned Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comments on Tuesday,...
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The Huffington Post
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney is often accused of being an emotionless robot (at least until the infamous leaked tape, which he probably wishes didn't reveal his true, human feelings). But if Romney's mind is as fine-tuned and fragile as a computer, that means it's...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
In a secret video of a May fundraiser, Mitt Romney says 47 percent of Americans 'are dependent upon government.' One analysis suggests he might have gotten his numbers crossed.
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Leader Post Online
| 8 months ago
Another day, another disaster for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign this time over an undercover video that shows him deriding Barack Obama voters as government freeloaders and lifelong victims. While the four-month-old remarks aren't likely to...
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Reuters
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney takes his grandson Wyatt (C) and granddaughter Gracie on a tour of his campaign plane in Salt Lake City, Utah September 18, 2012. Republican presidential nominee Mitt...
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CollegeHumor
| 8 months ago
Sign in to CollegeHumor Use Your CollegeHumor Account Use Your Facebook Account You'll also be able to post your CollegeHumor activity to your Facebook feed...Here's a breakdown of the other 53% of American voters, according to Romney. Like this...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
Denzel Washington in 'GQ' talks Romney, regrets, more Updated Denzel Washington is looking slim and sleek on the cover of the October issue of GQ . Inside, the actor, 57, who is filming his 42nd movie right now in New Orleans ( 2 Guns with Mark...
